ELECTRONIC MIND MELD - January 14, 2021 To get the engine computer to talk to our Eyes Forward Display, we have set up a 'sniffer' to capture and identify packets of information that the engine...
Update – January 14, 2021
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Update – January 11, 2021
TEST PILOT REVIEW - January 11, 2021 Samson's test pilot, Ron McElroy, spent this last Saturday at the R&D hangar to review progress to date. One of the items was our new props from Sterna...
Update – January 8, 2021
SPINNING A NEW DIRECTION - January 8, 2021 With the new three-cylinder engine and propeller gear reduction system, we had to have new propellers built that would spin the opposite direction. So new...
Update – January 6, 2021
FUEL PUMP TANK TAKES SHAPE - January 6, 2021 The new engine operates with in-tank fuel pumps, so to make sure we use the fuel pumps and pressure regulators that were built for this engine, we opted...
Update – January 4, 2021
ELEVATOR MOD COMPLETED ON TAIL BOOM - January 4, 2021 We finished installing the modified elevator control on the bottom of the tail boom. This is a temporary location, for flight testing only. Our...
Update – December 30, 2020
ENGINE ELECTRONICS IN THE WORKS - December 30, 2020 Samson's Electrical Technician, Phillip Mikula, has a huge computer screen so he can easily see wiring diagrams, like this one for the 3-cylinder...
Update – December 28, 2020
ENGINE POSITIONED - December 28, 2020 Today the replacement 3-cylinder engine was settled into the Switchblade engine bay - inside the tube frame and behind the carbon body. Sean Bliss is shown...
Update – December 22, 2020
SUB-ASSEMBLIES STARTED - Decembver 22, 2020 We have received enough of the parts from machine shops and fabrication shops to start assembling the major portion of the gear reduction to the prop....